White House fires back at ABC's Terry Moran after journalist slams Trump, top advisor in since-deleted post

The White House fired backmost connected Sunday aft ABC News analogous Terry Moran went disconnected connected Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller and President Donald Trump successful a now-deleted societal media station successful which helium called them some "world-class" haters. 

"Miller is simply a antheral who is richly endowed with the capableness for hatred. He's a world-class hater," Moran wrote successful the now-deleted post. "You tin spot this conscionable by looking astatine him due to the fact that you tin spot that his hatreds are his spiritual nourishment. He eats his hate."

"Trump is simply a world-class hater. But his hatred lone [sic] a means to an end, and that extremity his[sic] his ain glorification. That's his spiritual nourishment," Moran continued. 

White House property caput Karoline Leavitt responded to the station connected X connected Sunday, calling it "unhinged and unacceptable."

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ABC's Terry Moran went aft President Trump and Stephen Miller successful a now-deleted station connected societal media. (Left:(Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images) , Right: (Photo by Paula Lobo/ABC via Getty Images))

Leavitt besides joined Fox News' "Sunday Morning Futures" and told big Maria Bartiromo that Moran was expected to beryllium an "unbiased and nonrecreational journalist." 

"This is unacceptable and unhinged rhetoric coming from idiosyncratic who works astatine a large tv network," Leavitt added. "We person reached retired to ABC, they person said they volition beryllium taking action, truthful we volition spot what they do. But I deliberation this speaks to the distrust the American nationalist person successful the bequest media." 

Miller besides responded to Moran's comments connected Sunday.

"The astir important information astir Terry’s afloat nationalist meltdown is what it shows astir the firm property successful America. For decades, the privileged anchors and reporters narrating and gatekeeping our nine person been radicals adopting a journalist’s pose. Terry pulled disconnected his mask," Miller wrote. 

Vice President JD Vance besides called retired Moran connected Sunday and said the station was "dripping with hatred."

"Remember that each clip you ticker ABC's sum of the Trump administration," Vance added.

ABC News did not instantly respond to a petition for comment. 

ABC'S TERRY MORAN PANNED FOR SUGGESTING GOP WOULD END FILIBUSTER 'IN A HEARTBEAT’ AFTER REFRAINING UNDER TRUMP

White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller, with White House property caput Karoline Leavitt, speaks during a property briefing astatine the White House, Thursday, May 1, 2025, successful Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Moran interviewed the president aft his 100th time successful office, during which Trump called retired the ABC analogous for his questioning. 

Trump accused Moran of "not being precise nice" during an speech astir the deportation of amerciable migrant Kilmar Abrego Garcia.

"They’re giving you the large interruption of a lifetime," Trump told Moran. "You’re doing the interview, I picked you because, frankly, I ne'er heard of you, but that’s okay. I picked you, Terry, but you’re not being precise nice."

Moran also pressed Trump connected his narration with Russia's Vladimir Putin. 

"I don’t spot you. I don’t spot a batch of people," Trump responded. "I don’t spot you. Look astatine you. You’re truthful blessed to bash the interview, and past you commencement hitting maine with these fake questions."

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President Donald Trump repeatedly criticized ABC News writer Terry Moran and his leader successful a combative interrogation astir the overseas argumentation of his administration. (ABC)

The president besides attacked erstwhile President Joe Biden during the interview. 

"We had a president that was grossly incompetent," Trump said. "You knew it. I knew it. Everybody knew it. You guys didn’t privation to constitute astir it due to the fact that you’re fake news." 

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"By the way, ABC is 1 of the worst, I person to beryllium honorable with you," helium added.